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Dragon (ドラゴン Doragon) is a Type of Monster representing mythological serpentine, reptile or avian-like beings. These beings are typically fire-breathing creatures that symbolize chaos, brutality, fierceness and intimidation.

Dragons tend to be the strongest or key boss monster in numerous Deck types as well as one of the most established and powerful Monster Types in the entire Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card franchise. Ever since the inception of the franchise, Dragon monsters have been known for having an ATK power greater than any other type of monster in the game in addition to being one of the most popular monster Types.

In most of the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga series, the rivals of the main characters' all use Dragon-Type monsters as their signature or boss monsters, and to varying degrees in their Decks. Seto Kaiba employs his signature "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" as a key boss monster while his deck in the later part of the anime incorporates a variety of Dragons such as Spear Dragon, Different Dimension Dragon, Paladin of White Dragon and the Chaos Emperor Dragon. Chazz Princeton uses "Armed Dragon"s as a core part of his Deck in the anime, and a Dragon Deck in the manga spearheaded by "Light and Darkness Dragon". Jack Atlas's Turbo Deck is based on summoning his "Red Dragon Archfiend" while his Ground Deck also plays numerous Dragons such as "Strong Wind Dragon", "Vice Dragon", and "Exploder Dragonwing". Kite Tenjo uses "Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon", in addition to some minor Dragon monsters.

Curiously enough, this tradition was inverted in the fifth series, and the protagonist Yuya Sakaki, along with his counterparts, is the one who uses Dragons, primarily "Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon"; his main rival Declan Akaba uses no Dragons whatsoever. Yusei Fudo, despite being a protagonist, also uses a Dragon-Type as his "ace" monster. Varis primarily uses a "Rokket" Deck, which uses Dragon monsters, and all of his ace monsters are Dragons as well, albeit dressed in a gun and ammunition theme such as "Borreload Dragon".

Lucidien Kallister uses Dragon monsters as his core focus of his Deck, incorporating several powerful ones with his main ace monster throughout the series being "Multistrike Dragon Dragias".

There are Dragon-Type Monsters for every Attribute (except DIVINE, even though all Divine-Beast-Type monsters except "Obelisk the Tormentor" are referred to as dragons).

There are six Structure Decks focused on Dragon-Type monsters: Dragon's Roar, Rise of the Dragon Lords, Dragunity Legion, Dragons Collide, Saga of Blue-Eyes White Dragon, and Rise of the True Dragons. (In the OCG, they are Dragon's Roar, Revival of the Great Dragon, Dragunity Drive, Dragonic Legion, The Blue-Eyed Dragon's Thundering Descent, Revival of the Great Divine Dragon,Structure Deck: Rokket Revolt, and Structure Deck R: Dragunity Drive.

"Dragon Ruler" is one of the most powerful series in the game; even after becoming Limited on the January 2014 Lists, they were still a power to be reckoned with, as each dragon could offer support to Decks of its corresponding Attribute, giving them more consistency. The release of "Number 95: Galaxy-Eyes Dark Matter Dragon" sealed their destiny and made them become Forbidden.

For some reasons, artists who create monsters' design are usually drawing dragons bipedal: on most arts, dragons' rear limbs resemble actual hands, being weaker than legs but long and strong enough. Some Dragon monsters like "Dragonic Slayer" are being even shown with a sword wielded in hands.

Many multi-Type archetypes have a Dragon-Type monster as their trump card, such as:

Dragon-focused Decks[]

"LV" Dragon Decks[]

Some Dragon Decks are based on the "LV" Dragon monsters "Armed Dragon" and "Horus the Black Flame Dragon". These Decks usually focus on leveling up their monsters quickly. To protect the high Level monsters from Trap Cards, "Royal Decree", "Jinzo", "Trap Stun", "Mirage Dragon" or "King Dragun" are used. "Horus the Black Flame Dragon" has added protection from Spell Cards and is well known for the "Horus Decree" lockdown. "Horus" and "Armed Dragon" cards can even be combined to make a Deck that not only locks down Spell and Trap Cards, but also controls the opponent's monsters that may get in your way.

Dragon Fusion Decks[]

These types of Decks often focus on getting Fusion Monsters like "Five-Headed Dragon", "King Dragun", "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon", and sometimes even "Dragon Master Knight" or Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon (even though "Shinng Dragon" isn't a Fusion Monster but an Effect Monster) to the field. Usually "Dragon's Mirror" or "Future Fusion" is used to accomplish these tasks. If you want to summon "King Dragun" quickly, "The Dark - Hex-Sealed Fusion", along with other substitute Fusion-Material monsters, can be of great help.

Chaos Dragon[]

Main article: Chaos Dragon Deck

One of the more popular builds in the game, this Deck utilizes a combination of Chaos monsters and "Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon". This build focuses on getting out "Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon", "Lightpulsar Dragon", and "Chaos Sorcerer"/"Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning"; its main offensive strategy relies on banishing opposing cards or banishing its own cards in order to Special Summon its key monsters. One can use "Raiden, Hand of the Lightsworn", "Lyla, Lightsworn Sorceress", "Card Trooper" and "Darkflare Dragon" to send monsters to the Graveyard to summon "Lightpulsar Dragon", or to speed up the setups for summoning both "Dark Armed Dragon" and/or "Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning". If played correctly, this deck is capable of Special Summoning its most powerful monsters within a few turns.

This Deck relies heavily on Special Summoning powerful monsters with devastating effects in order to overpower and OTK the opponent. The deck can also create Level 8 Synchro monsters consistently due to the synergy of "White Dragon Wyverburster", "Black Dragon Collapserpent", "Raiden, Hand of the Lightsworn" and "Plaguespreader Zombie". "Lightpulsar Dragon", "Caius the Shadow Monarch", and "Chaos Sorcerer" also open up Rank 6 plays after their effects are used.

Dragon Revival[]

Perhaps the easiest way to play Dragon monsters, this Deck focuses on sending powerful Dragon monsters to the Graveyard with cards such as "Dragon Ravine"/"Dragon Shrine" and "Number 95: Galaxy-Eyes Dark Matter Dragon", then proceeding to revive them with cards such as "Soul Charge" and "Return of the Dragon Lords". Many support cards for this deck exclusively support Normal Monsters, as a result, it is often best to play this Deck with Dragon-Type Normal Monsters. Due to the extreme ease with which a player can swarm the field with high-level Dragon monsters, Xyz Monsters (Rank 7-8) are highly recommended in this Deck. Cards such as "Decoy Dragon" and "Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon" are useful as both can summon any Level 7 or higher Dragon-Type monster from your Graveyard.

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